Supplemental Educational Services
SES Resources (Quick links to resources on this page)
- Program Overview
- Annual RFP and Continuation Application Process
- Resources for Parents
- Resources for Local Education Agencies (LEAs)
- Resources for Providers
- Contact Information
- What are Supplemental Educational Services?
Under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), students from low-income families attending schools that do not make adequate yearly progress for three consecutive years are eligible to receive Supplemental Educational Services (SES). School Districts are responsible for funding these services, which must be provided outside the normal school day, through their Title I, Part A funds. State education agencies must develop and apply objective criteria to create approved lists of SES providers.
- What are the goals of SES?
1. To ensure that students increase eligible students' academic achievement, in a subject or subjects included in the state assessment system. Subjects must include reading/language arts, mathematics, and science as well as English language proficiency for students with limited English proficiency.
2. To provide options to parents to help them ensure that their children receive a quality education.
3. To provide incentives to districts to improve schools in need of improvement.
4. Who is eligible to receive SES?
Eligible students are all students from low-income families who attend Title I schools that are in their second year of school improvement, in corrective action, or in restructuring. Eligibility is not dependent on whether the student is a member of a subgroup that caused the school not to make AYP (Annual Yearly Progress) or whether the student is in a grade that takes the statewide assessments as required by Section 1111 of the ESEA.
If the funds available are insufficient to provide supplemental educational services to each eligible student whose parent requests those services, the LEA must give priority to providing services to the lowest-achieving eligible students. In this situation, the LEA should use objective criteria to determine the lowest-achieving students. For example, the LEA may focus services on the lowest-achieving eligible students in the subject area that caused the school to be identified. The services should be tailored to meet the instructional needs of eligible students in order to increase their academic achievement.
- How does an LEA determine how much funding is available for SES?
The amount that a LEA must make available for each eligible child at a school offering SES shall be the lesser of the Title I per pupil cap for that school or the actual costs of the supplemental educational services received by the child. The per-pupil cap for each LEA required to offer SES is outlined in the following link:
Title I Amounts for Supplemental Educational Services 2011-2012
- How long are SES services offered for eligible students?
The LEA must continue to provide supplemental educational services to a child receiving SES tutoring until the child's individual program is completed, but no later than the end of the school year in which such services were first received.
Annual RFP and Continuation Process
- Information for New Providers
The Delaware Department of Education's Supplemental Education application process begins in the spring for the following school year.
The process is as follows:
- A new RFP is posted to the Department's web site: http://www.doe.k12.de.us
- An announcement of the RFP is posted in the Delaware State News and The News Journal.
- Applications are received. Hard copy format only.
- Applications are reviewed by a state review panel.
- New vendors will be notified by June 29, 2012 of their inclusion to the State Approved Supplemental Education Service Provider List.
- State SES website is updated with new vendor information during the first week of July.
IMPORTANT DATES 2012-2013 School Year
RFP Post Date: May 2, 2012* - The RFP for NEW SES providers for the 2012-2013 school year is available here.
RFP Due Date: June 6, 2012*
RFP Review Period: June 7, 2012 - July 6, 2012*
*The Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) applied for ESEA Flexibility from the U.S. Department of Education on February 28, 2012. If the DDOE is granted this flexibility, the consequences for school improvement as outlined in Section 1116 of the ESEA, including the provision of supplemental educational services, will no longer be required. As such, the DDOE will no longer maintain a list of approved supplemental educational services providers, nor will LEAs be required to offer supplemental educational services. Once the DDOE receives official notice of the status of its application for ESEA Flexibility, DDOE will provide additional details to applicants regarding the status of supplemental educational services for the 2012-2013 school year. For more details visit Delaware's ESEA Flexibility Website.
- Information for Current Providers
Current providers are required to complete a Continuation Application each year in order to remain on the Delaware State Approved Vendor List. The Continuation Application is due May 30, 2012*. The Continuation Application will be emailed to all current providers on May 2, 2012*.
*Dates REVISED 2/10/2012 due to potential impact of ESEA Flexibility. For more details visit Delaware's ESEA Flexibility Website.
- Accountability
- Questions for Families To Ask SES Providers
- District Contacts
- SES Provider Report Card
- 2010-2011 LEAs and schools which must offer SES/Choice
- SES State Approved Vendor List 2011-2012
- 2011-2012 LEAs and schools which must offer SES/Choice
- DEDOE SES Handbook for LEAs, Administrators and Providers
- SES Provider Report Card
- SES Federal Non-Regulatory Guidance (Updated Version January 2009)
- SES Program Quick Guidance
- Requirements & Responsibilities for Meeting the 20% Set Aside
- Recommended District Document Checklist
- Giving Parents Options
- Envelope Stuffer
- Supplemental Educational Fact Sheet
- Information that must be included Parent Letter
- Sample Meeting Flyer
- Sample Parent Letter
- Sample Parent Post Card
- Sample Provider Selection Form
- Sample Radio Spot
- Sample Individual Student Learning Plan
- Sample Student Progress Forms
- Sample SES Vendor Contract
- Sample District Satisfaction Survey
- Data Entry Manual 2011-2012
- EIA SES Code of Standards and Ethics
- SES Implementation Power Point
- 2010-2011 LEAs and Schools which must offer SES/Choice
- District Contacts
- DEDOE SES Monitoring Tool
- EIA SES Code of Standards and Ethics
Contact information
Kimberly Wells
Education Associate, Title I and School Improvement
Delaware Department of Education
Telephone: (302) 857.3320
Fax: (302) 739-1780
